Much. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of the republic of india. President trump thank you very much. Prime minister modi, thank you for being here with us today. It is a great honor to welcome the leader of the Worlds Largest democracy to the white house. Ive always had a deep admiration for your country and for its people, and a profound admiration for your rich culture, heritage and traditions. This summer, india will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its independence and on behalf of the United States we i want to congratulate the indian people on this magnificent milestone in the life of your very, very incredible nation. During my campaign, i pledged that if elected, india would have a true friend in the white house. And that is now exactly what you have, a true friend. A friendship between the United States and india is built on shared values, including our shared commitment to democracy. Not many people know it, but both the americ
By 494 votes to 122, and now moves to the house of lords. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Press rewind. The us and japan. And flying high, indian carriers are expanding their reach in aviation. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Im rico hizon. Thank you for investing your time in Asia Business report. Its a thursday. We start off with japans prime minister, shinzo abe. He has his work cut out for him when he meets with us President Donald Trump tomorrow. This is important symbolically. Shinzo abe is the first asian leader to meet the new us president. The sta kes a re to meet the new us president. The stakes are high. President trump has had direct criticism ofjapanese companies and japan. It has put them on again. Last month he criticised toyota motors. They said they would invest more in america. The fall in the yen is a reflection of the relationship between the us and japan in the 1980s. Are we in for deja vu . There is a huge difference between wh
The European Union membership debate. The speech comes as he sent a letter to the e. U. President , formalizing the governments stance. U. K. Bring in our political correspondent. And the managing director and member of the investment commangnac. The world waits to hear from the mans lips what it is he wants from you. There is the laundry list. What is the Sticking Point. Svenja that people had identified a few months ago, which is this idea, which is vaguely expressed as curbing mig ration, but means curbing in work benefits. And a lot of e. U. Members are saying this is dissemination, because ition, attacks the principle of Free Movement within the European Union. The idea is you are polish citizens. You come to the u. K. You have the same rights to claim welfare as a british citizen. What David Cameron is pushing for is for that to be restrictive. Off. it is a long way the theater of the beginning of theater of a very long how i look at it. There are many details to be worked out in
People on board. Talks with rival governments begin in morocco they both agree to a draft proposal and to meanar and one of the worlds most unusual vineyards but first, we go to yemen where rebels are moving closer to president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi, and there has been a major development, they have taken an airbase abandoned by u. S. Forces a few days ago. The Houthi Rebels have been pushing south from sanaa towards aden. Thats where president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi has been trying to consolidate the power. The air base was taken after a battle between Abdrabbu Mansour hadis forces and the rebels. President Abdrabbu Mansour hadi wants the u. N. Security allow force by other military. Lets talk to a political analyst and editorinchief for the yemen post and joins us from sanaa. Start by talking about the whereabouts of president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi. There are reports suggesting he may have left aden. Unknown as of now. I talked to three of his senior aids. They do not know where presi
The need for food and shelter continues as bad weather closes in. Fighters try to repel houthi rebels. And a stand off at the polish border as riders march in. Barcelona took the honors of espanyol to increase the pressure to the title. Total and utter devastation. More than 1300 people at least have been killed. This is because of a 7. 8 magnitude earthquake in nepal just to the north of the capital kathmandu. People did what they could digging through the republic. With their bear hands desperately trying to reach anybody who was still trapped in the fallen buildings. The injured many simply had to be treated outside in the streets. Fears of aftershocks and more building collapses meant that it was the safest place. The quake destroy monuments and historic buildings. This is the power before the quake and after the tremor, reduced to little more than a stump. 1300 reported fatalities at the moment as subinashrestha reports from the capital. People describe wave after wave of tremors.